Jyoti Dixit, Nidhi Gupta, Amal Kataki, Partha Roy, Nikita Mehra, Lalit Kumar, Ashish Singh, Pankaj Malhotra, Dharna Gupta, Aarti Goyal, Kavitha Rajsekar, Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy, Sudeep Gupta, Shankar Prinja
BACKGROUND: Cancer survivors experience a decrement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) resulting from the disease as well as adverse effects of therapy. We evaluated the HRQoL of cancer patients, stratified by primary cancer site, stage, treatment response and associated adverse events, along with its determinants. METHODS: Data were collected from 12,148 patients, sampled from seven purposively chosen leading cancer hospitals in India, to elicit HRQoL using the EuroQol questionnaire comprising of 5-dimensions and 5-levels (EQ-5D-5L)...
March 13, 2024: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes